Proverbs 27:5
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- KJV
- Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- WEB
- Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- ASV
- Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
- DARBY
- Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- BLB
- Better [is] an uncovered rebuke than love hidden.
- ÅB
- penlys irettesettelse er bedre enn kjærlighet som skjules.
- OTB
- En åpen irettesettelse er bedre enn kjærlighet som er skjult.
- B1930
- Åpenlys irettesettelse er bedre enn kjærlighet som skjules.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Read in contextGalatians 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Read in contextMatthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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